India, Aug. 11 -- Over a power-packed breakfast with nearly 100 top industry leaders, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday positioned Bengaluru as the undisputed tech capital of India and a frontrunner in emerging domains like artificial intelligence and quantum technology. The meeting, hosted by the state's Department of Electronics, IT & BT, served as a curtain-raiser to the 28th edition of the Bengaluru Tech Summit, scheduled from November 18 to 20.

"We are the best place for entrepreneurs to start and scale globally," Siddaramaiah told the gathering, urging leaders to bring fresh investments to Karnataka.

Highlighting Bengaluru's global stature in AI, the CM noted that the city ranks fifth among the world's top AI hubs an...